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Pen and ink design sketch of a rococo rocaille cartouche with scrolls, foliage and a blank central panel.

Design for Panel Decoration with Rocaille Ornament

Pierre-Edmé Babel, 1730

Chalk drawing on blue paper of a young man leaning back and pulling a rope, with a hand study at lower right.

Young Man Pulling a Rope

Luca Giordano, 1710

Details of Donkey Heads, South America

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a market stall with an awning, figures in hats, and studies of heads on a cream sheet.

Market Scene

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Colorful design drawing of a square painted ceiling with radiating coffers, classical figures, putti and ornate decorative bo

Design for a Painted Square Ceiling

Eugenio Agneni, 1850

Head of a Woman Wearing a Hat

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Brown ink and wash sketch of mounted cavalry with banners in a battle scene, with riders scattering across an open field.

The Dispersion of the Spanish on the Adda under Giovanni de’ Medici

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1580

White floral embroidery design on ochre paper, laid out as an open waistcoat with flower sprays and leaves.

Design for Embroidered Waistcoat, pattern 1713 of the Fabrique de St. Ruf

Brown ink and wash drawing in an octagon of Bacchus and Ceres seated with cherubs, grapes and wheat.

Bacchus and Ceres

Felice Giani, 1800

Pen and ink design drawing of a five-branch candelabra with a tapering decorated pedestal and loose flourishes.

Design for a Candelabra

Carlo Marchionni, 1720

Pencil study of ivy garlands and ribbon-tied festoon drapes on pale paper, by Robert Frederick Blum, 1890.

Study for festoons, “Vintage Festival,” Mendelssohn Glee Club, New York, NY

Robert Frederick Blum, 1890

Pen and brown ink drawing of two seated women in an oval, one with scales of justice and one with an olive branch.

Justice and Peace

Study of a Male Nude for "Tribute Money"

Daniel Huntington, 1850

Pen and brown ink drawing of four ornamental pilaster strips with scrollwork, medallions, putti and classical figures.

Design for the Decoration of Four Pilaster Strips

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Pencil and wash sketch of a nude female figure raising one arm, holding a pendant, with draped cloth around her legs.

Bank Note Design

Walter Shirlaw, 1900

Pen and wash design of an ornate doorway with an allegorical vignette showing a cross, eagle, lion, and shield.

Portal Design,"la Prusse et la Religion," design for plate 40 in the "Nouvelle iconologie historique..."

Jean Charles Delafosse, 1770

Graphite drawing of a draped female figure with laurel wreath playing a flute, labeled Euterpe musica.

Euterpe, Muse of Lyric Poetry

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and ink wall elevation with ornamental panels, a framed niche, and handwritten Italian notes on materials.

Wall Elevation, Probably for the Noble Cabinet, Palazzo Altieri

Giuseppe Barberi, 1780

Red chalk drawing of a seated gentleman in a tricorn hat holding a cane, with a globe on a pedestal behind him.

Seated Gentleman

Hubert François Gravelot, 1720

Watercolor botanical study of pink hollyhocks, seed pods, blueberries and blackberries on a cream sheet.

Botanical Detail Studies: Hollyhocks, Blueberries, and Blackberries

Samuel Colman, 1880

Painting of surf crashing against a rocky, cliff-lined coast with dark boulders in the foreground and a hazy sky.

Surf Pounding Against the Rocky Maine Coast

Frederic Edwin Church, 1850

Pencil sketch of a mounted officer with a rifle and horse, plus a second head study in the upper right.

Side View of a Mounted Officer

Winslow Homer, 1860

Pen and wash drawing split in two: an interior birth scene above and a preacher addressing a crowd in a wilderness below.

The Birth and Naming of John the Baptist [above]; John the Baptist Preaching in the Wilderness [below]

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil drawing of two draped muses, Melpomene holding a dagger and Clio with a scroll, beside a tall column.

Melpomane, Muse of Tragedia and Clio, Muse of History

Felice Giani, 1810

Pen and brown ink drawing in four panels showing soldiers, monks, a fire, a banquet, and an angel in interiors.

Scenes from Life of San Giovanni Gualberto

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1590

Pencil sketch of a standing woman in a long lace-trimmed dress, with a separate hand study and handwritten colour notes.

Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes Standing, with Separate Left Hand Study

Daniel Huntington, 1880

Pencil sketch of an archway entrance with a standing robed figure and a seated figure beside a stone wall.

Entrance to a Mosque

Robert Frederick Blum, 1870

Graphite and chalk drawing on blue paper of a seated draped woman beside a bust in an arched niche, with a child at right.

Design for Allegory of Sculpture

Giacomo Zampa, 1800

Watercolor and pencil study of Siena Cathedral interior with a pulpit, painted arches, blue vaults and small figures.

Study of Siena Cathedral

Walter Shirlaw, 1860

Watercolor of Sicilian figures in regional costume with a donkey, dog, and seated woman with child beside a rock.

Costumes of Sicily

Saverio della Gatta, 1820